
What Does “make a clean breast of” mean?
Definition:
to tell the truth; to confess.
Example(s)
After he had lied about the stolen money, he was urged to make a clean breast of it.
This idiom is in the parts of the body category.

to tell the truth; to confess.
After he had lied about the stolen money, he was urged to make a clean breast of it.
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